Scientific Writer (Maternity Cover)

Salary: £26,000 per annum

Contract: Maternity Cover, 12 Month Fixed-Term Contract

We are looking for a conscientious Scientific Writer to join our Editorial team. The role of the Scientific Writer is to contribute to the creation of content for the Pharmaceutical Press (PhP) products. This includes activities such as triaging inbound sources, maintenance of databases, researching content, organising workflows, and updating specific areas of content in the PhP products which can be tightly defined by procedures.

If you are looking for a new and exciting challenge this may be the role for you!

Requirements:

Higher education qualification in a life science subject. Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely. Ability to work effectively within a team and to organise own workload. Desirable: an understanding of medicines/herbal medicines, pharmacology, toxicology, excipients or drug development; analytical science or chemistry; medical terminology. Desirable: evidence of writing or editorial experience.

The Directorate

In the Publishing Directorate, we’re the world leaders in evidence-based pharmaceutical publications and guidance. Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals trust us to provide expert analysis, educational support, webinars, and news that informs, supports and enhances their practice. We independently source, evaluate, and communicate and make practical medicines knowledge accessible worldwide. In the Publishing Directorate, the following teams work collaboratively to provide our world-class products: the Journals team; the Sales and Marketing team; the Technology team; the Product team and the Editorial team (in which this role sits).

The Team

The Science team is a small team of Scientific Writers, supported by Commissioning and Editorial Assistants in the wider PhP editorial team. We work closely with external experts as advisors, authors and editors to develop valuable content for our publications, which are recognised brands in their respective fields – as such hold ourselves and our content to a high editorial standard. As a team with a diverse workload, we rely on good communication and work in a flexible, collaborative way to get the job done.

How we are currently working

RPS supports and works in a hybrid way, which means you will be able to work from home, however, there will be an expectation for collaborative face-to-face working – on average and typically this may be something between 4-8 working days per month at our London Office.

️ Closing date: 27 November 2023